Rachel Boucher

Rachel joined Event Marketer in 2012 and today serves as the brand's head of content. Her travels covering the experiential marketing industry have ranged from CES in Las Vegas to Spring Break in Panama City Beach, Florida (hey, it's never too late)—and everywhere in between.
  • Pre-Registration Now Open: EMMA Announces an Event Measurement Certification Course

    The Event Marketing Measurement Association (EMMA, formerly EMMC) has launched the industry’s most comprehensive event measurement certification course, designed for event and marketing people at all levels—from professionals beginning their event measurement journeys to seasoned marketers who want to up their measurement game. The course was created by leaders at EMMA, with practical experience measuring […]

  • Survey Says: How LYX Designs Event Feedback to Fuel Discovery

    The earliest post-event surveys in the experiential marketing industry often involved a clipboard, pen and paper, and covered broad-stroke sentiment markers and anecdotal feedback on intent. (Are they “most likely,” or aren’t they?) But the survey has evolved into a strategic evaluation tool that’s designed to maximize that precious feedback time, that’s live-wired to be […]

  • Experiential Marketing Trend of the Week: Time is Luxury

    Consumers are embracing tools to help automate their lives and their work, because while today they enjoy an economy of endless choices, the biggest luxury in a culture moving at warp-speed is… time. Experiential marketers are uniquely suited to ensure time is well spent, which is why they’re basing entire event strategies on the clock. […]

  • Watch: Leah Stark of Ecolab in The Studio at EMS 2026

    Welcome to Studio Sessions, interviews filmed in the field with the minds behind the moments. In this episode, Leah Stark, director of experiential marketing at Ecolab, joins us at the 2026 Experiential Marketing Summit to discuss what it means to be a bold-thinker and risk-taker in the industry, and what that looks like in practice. […]

  • Watch: Sylvia Lopez-Navarro of Kia America in The Studio at EMS 2026

    Welcome to Studio Sessions, interviews filmed in the field with the minds behind the moments. In this episode, Sylvia Lopez-Navarro, national manager of brand experience, corporate events and auto shows at Kia America, joins us at the 2026 Experiential Marketing Summit to discuss how brands like Kia are building real emotional connections with audiences, what […]